Why aren't you guys complaining now that I'm here?

"System, find the secret hidden by Marquis Rongping mentioned in the plot."

【Okay, it has been sent, please check. 】

"Tongzi is so good."

Lin Hao clicked on the content sent by the system, glanced at it, and sneered speechlessly.

"Marquis Rongping looks so righteous, but I never thought he'd done such a filthy thing."

After reading it, she spread out the paper, made some cover-ups, picked up her pen and wrote a long letter of denunciation. She sneaked into the palace at night and put it on the desk in the imperial study.

"Jiang Xian, if I hadn't discovered it, how long would you have kept the matter of Yu Xingshan secret from me? You are truly audacious!"

In the imperial study, the emperor's face was filled with rage, and he picked up the paperweight on the table and threw it over.

Jiang Xian knelt on the ground, not daring to dodge, and was hit hard on the forehead by the paperweight, and blood gushed out in an instant.

He didn't care about the wound on his forehead, and knelt forward to kowtow and beg for mercy.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. The incident of Yu Xingshan happened over ten years ago. When I returned that year, I wrote to Your Majesty and clearly stated the doubts. I really don't understand what Your Majesty is saying today!"

"Jiang Xian, you really won't cry until you see the coffin. Come, get everything ready."

complete!?

Jiang Xian's eyes suddenly widened and his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

He, isn’t he dead?

He pushed him off the cliff with his own hands!

Hearing footsteps behind him, Jiang Xian turned around in disbelief. An old and lame man walked up to him and knelt down beside him. He could vaguely see the old man's appearance.

"I am ready to meet your majesty!"

Qi Bei's eyes were filled with tears and he knelt down to pay his respects.

"Stand up. Be prepared. You witnessed what happened with your own eyes. Since Marquis Rongping doesn't believe you, tell him what happened."

"Yes!"

Qi Bei kowtowed heavily, then suddenly raised his head and stared at Jiang Xian.

"Lord Jiang, I wonder if you still remember me, a humble young general."

Jiang Xian's eyes flashed and he opened his mouth to explain, but his throat was too dry to make a sound.

Qi Bei sneered and continued speaking.

"When the Prince of Daqu passed away, His Majesty sent Lord Jiang to Daqu to retrieve the Princess Jianning and the young prince, who were to be married off to the emperor, and bring them back to the capital. However, the people of Daqu suddenly changed their minds and caught up with us at the border, attempting to abduct the Princess Jianning."

"Due to Lord Jiang's negligence, the young prince fell from his horse and died. Princess Jianning was furious and declared that she would punish Lord Jiang. Lord Jiang, fearing death, went all out and killed Princess Jianning, disguising herself as a member of the Daqu clan!"

"I accidentally witnessed what Lord Jiang did. He used threats and bribes to stop me from telling anyone about it. When I refused, he pushed me off the cliff!"

"I was lucky enough to be rescued by a farmer at the foot of the cliff, but my injuries were too severe. It took several years to recover before I could get out of bed. For all these years, I have dreamed of returning to the capital to report what happened to Your Majesty."

"But I have a leg injury, and my family relies on my wife alone to support us. We are so poor that I cannot go. If Your Majesty had not seen through everything and sent someone to find me, Lord Jiang's plan would have been buried forever!"

"You're talking nonsense! Qi Bei, who gave you the courage to slander me like this?"

Jiang Xian was so angry and terrified that he lost his composure for a moment and rushed forward to strangle Qi Bei's neck.

"Be bold!"

The emperor shouted coldly, and the imperial guards immediately rushed in and pinned him to the ground.

"Jiang Xian, who gave you the courage to yell in front of me?"

"Your Majesty!" Jiang Xian broke free from the restraints and kowtowed heavily with red eyes.

"Your Majesty is wise! This villain Qibei has slandered me. I am loyal to Your Majesty and Daqian. How could I have attempted to murder Princess Jianning, Your Majesty?"

"The evidence is irrefutable and leaves no room for your quibbling!"

The emperor had already verified the truth of what happened that year, and today he was going to personally punish him.

"Come here, Marquis Rongping is plotting to murder the royal family. His crime is unforgivable and he will be executed soon. The Dali Temple is ordered to investigate everyone in the Marquis Rongping mansion. With the exception of the Second Prince's wife, Jiang Yuzhen, anyone who knew about this will be considered an accomplice and sentenced to death. The rest will have their property confiscated and be exiled three thousand miles away. No one will be pardoned!"

Jiang Xian's face suddenly turned pale. He cried and argued desperately, begging the emperor to revoke his decision for the sake of the Second Prince's wife.

The imperial guards were afraid that he would disturb the emperor, so they raised their palms and knocked him unconscious.

When the news reached the Marquis' Mansion, Zhou's legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground. She grabbed the sleeve of the eunuch who was confiscating the property and begged him to pass on the message to Lin Hao.

"Madam, this is a decree from His Majesty himself. The Second Prince's Consort is lucky to have escaped this ordeal. If you don't give up, be careful that the Second Prince's Consort will also be implicated."

The eunuch shook her off with a flick of his sleeves and gave a look to the imperial guards.

"Catch someone."

The Royal Guards rushed forward.

Zhou's face turned pale, and she looked like a madman. "No, no, why shouldn't Jiang Yuzhen be implicated? Your Majesty is unfair, Your Majesty is unfair!"

The eunuch kicked her to the ground and spat in disgust.

"Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. As the mother of the Second Prince's wife, you're actually trying to take advantage of your own flesh and blood. You're truly a vicious person!"

After saying this, he stopped listening to her excuses and sat down in the lobby, letting the Royal Guards arrest the man.

Zhou cried and wailed, not understanding why things had turned out like this.

She was a noble marquis' wife just a few days ago, but now she has become a prisoner.

It was all Jiang Yuzhen's fault. Her family gave her such a generous dowry to marry into the Second Prince's mansion, but she had no ability at all and couldn't win her husband's heart, so she let a concubine harm the Second Prince like that.

She originally had the chance to become the emperor's mother-in-law, but now everything is over.

Exiled three thousand miles away, she will never be able to return in this life...

Zhou was heartbroken and could not accept this fact. She fainted with her eyelids drooping.

When I woke up again, I was in prison, and the iron bars were rattling.

"Let me out, let me out, I'm not from the Rongping Marquis Mansion!"

Jiang Mingyue shook the cell door and shouted.

The three sisters-in-law sat in the corner, feeling resentful and unable to help but sarcastically say:

"You enjoyed a lot when the Marquis' Mansion was prosperous, but now that you are in trouble, you want to escape alone. How can you get away with such an easy thing?"

"Why do you say that to me? It was clearly Jiang Xian and Zhou who did the evil. They caused me to be separated from my biological parents since I was young!"

She didn't even want to call her parents.

"You say you love me, but you're still marrying me to that butcher Zhu Shiyu. All you need to do is cover up this matter and I can marry into a wealthy family."

"You all just planned for Jiang Yuzhen. I suffered so much injustice, but you gave up on me without even investigating. You don't care whether I live or die. If that's the case, you have no right to blame me!"

Jiang Mingyue said this indifferently, then turned around and continued to pat the fence.

"Open the door quickly! Zhu Shiyu from the Captain's Camp is my husband. I'm not a member of the Jiang family. You can't lock me up!"

"What are you yelling about?"

The jailer came over with a sullen face and whipped him.

Jiang Mingyue screamed and fell to the ground, and a bloody mark deep enough to see the bone appeared on her hand.

"Hmph, no matter who you are, His Majesty has spoken, and none of you can escape. If you dare to yell and bother me again, watch your tongue!"

Jiang Mingyue was frightened by the fierceness in his eyes and retreated tremblingly.

Zhou smiled coldly.

"Jiang Mingyue, I thought I treated you well, but now that something's happened at home, you're so eager to distance yourself from it. It's true that blood is different, and hearts are cold."

"My heart is cold? I think you are the one with a cold heart! An adopted daughter is not as good as a biological daughter. You have been planning for Jiang Yuzhen from the beginning to the end!"

Jiang Mingyue was indignant and stood up suddenly, raising her hand to slap Zhou.

The three sisters-in-law saw this and quickly stood up to stop them. They pushed and pulled each other and started fighting. In the end, the jailer was called and one of them was whipped several times before they behaved themselves.

The emperor issued an order, and the Dali Temple did not dare to slack off. A few days later, they investigated what happened that year, listed Jiang Xian's crimes, and executed him by beheading the next day.

He was cautious and did not tell the rest of the Zhou family about this matter. As a result, the Zhou family escaped the disaster and went into exile three days later.

Lin Hao did not go to see him off.

She knew very well that if the Second Prince had not been ill due to the cold, he would never have been able to marry a noble woman like her, and the Emperor would not have shown mercy and let her go.

But it was all under her control.

The emperor and Concubine De still needed her to maintain the reputation of the Second Prince's Mansion, so they took good care of her.

Ten years later, the emperor passed away and Concubine De also died of illness.

The second prince indulged himself all day long and had long been drained of his body by alcohol and sex. He posed no threat at all.

The new emperor did not make things difficult for him and even made him a king. Lin Hao was promoted to princess and lived a life of wealth and happiness.